At the end of the bye week, Sherrone Moore said his staff had looked at all options, including personnel changes. Many wondered if there would actually be any changes to the Wolverines’ starting lineup beyond Jack Tuttle at quarterback.

That turned out to be the case.

The Wolverines changed their offensive line in hopes of better pass protection and continuity on the line. Left tackle Myles Hinton, who was listed as questionable on the injury report, did not start and that was due to his injury – not performance related. But Michigan has changed things up at both center and right tackle based on what gives it the best chance to win the game.

Veteran Greg Crippen replaced Dom Giudce at center and Andrew Gentry started at right tackle in place of Evan Link. Michigan’s offensive line is now – from left to right – Jeff Persi, Josh Priebe, Greg Crippen, Gio El-Hadi and Andrew Gentry.

Both Crippen and Gentry have played a lot of football this season. Crippen started last week against Washington due to an injury to Giudice, but he has been rotating with Giudice all season. Gentry has been used as a sixth lineman in packages this year. Michigan believes Gentry gives the Wolverines the better option in pass protection as Link has given up 19 pressures in six games.

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